Copy-holder.



Patented Mar. I2, |901.

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` (No Model.) MPhmm 10d My 16 1900) NITED STATES JOSEPH F. FARISH AND CHARLES A. DAVES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COPY-HOLDER.,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,745, dated March 12, 1901,

Application filed July 16, 1900. Serial No. 23.755. 'No modelo T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that We, JOSEPH F. FARISH and CHARLES A. DAvvEs, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Copy-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of copyholders that are provided with a shiftable line-indicator and means for moving said indicator during. the progress of transcribing the matter contained on anote-book or copy supported by the holder.`

Our invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective View of our iinproved copy-holder. Fig. II is a detail vertical section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a detail vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is an enlarged vertical section taken on line IV IV, Fig. I. Fig. V is a detail view in elevation, showing one of the upper corners of the holder. Fig. VI is an enlarged section showing the clamp that causes the block carrying the indicator-bar to be engaged by t-hc movable rod on the descent of the latter, this section being takenA on line VI VI, Fig. VII. Fig. VII is a transverse section taken on line VII VII, Fig. VI.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the base of the copy-holder, and 2 a notched bar secured to the base at 3 and extending rearwardly therefrom.

4 represents a supporting plate or frame against which rests the copy to be transcribed. The sides of this frame extend downwardly and are pivoted to the base 1 by means of screws or rivets 5, so that the inclination of the frame with relation to the base 1 may be changed, the frame being held at any desired inclination by means of a rod 6, pivoted there to, and the lower end of which rests in the notches formed in the upper face of the bar 2. The lower end of the plate 4 is bent forwardly and downwardly, forming a rest 7, against which bears the copy to be transcribed.

8 represents an indicator-bar, one end of which is bent and ts, as shown at 9, in a slot formed in the outer part of a two-part block 10, the bar being held in the slot of the outer part by means of a set-screw 11. By loosening the set-screw the bar can be moved to and from the plate 4 to suit any thickness of copy that is to be transcribed.

12 represents a iixed rod the upper end of which fits in a bracket 13, made fast to the upper end of the plate 4. The lower end of the rod is riveted, as shown at 14, Fig. IV, to a bracket 15, the upper end of which has an ear 16, connected to one side of the plate 4 by means of a screw or rivet 17. The lower end of the bracket has an ear 18, that is connected to the base 1 by the screw 5, as shown in Fig. I.

19 represents a movable rod the lower end of which tits in perforations formed in ears 2O on the bracket 15. On the rod 19, beneath the upper ear 20, is a fixed collar 2l, between which and the lower ear 2O is a coil-spring 22, that surrounds the rod 19 and the tendency of which is to force the rod upwardly. On the collar 21 is a finger-piece or handle 23, that projects through a slot 24, formed in the bracket 15, as shown in Figs. I and IV. The upperend of the rod 19 passes through .a perforation formed in the bracket 13. Tapped onto the upper end of the rod 19 is a tliuinhnut 25, the lower end of which is adapted to come against the bracket 13 and arrest the downward movement of the rod 19.

The block 10 slides freely on the fixed rod 12, the rod acting as a guide for the block; but there is sufficient friction between the block and the rod to prevent the former from falling by gravity when released from the rod 19, and to produce this friction we secure a spring-plate 26 to the inner part of the block, (see Fig. VIL) which bears against one side 'of the rod 12 and acts, as stated, to keep the block from falling by gravity, while at the same time it does not interfere with the free movement of the block when force is used to move it along the rod 12. The two parts of the block are hinged or pivoted together at 27,(see Fig. VIL) and the bar 8 is made fast by the set-screw l1 to the outer member of the block. This construction provides for the bar being carried by the block, while it may be swung away from the plate or frame 4 to permit a copy to be placed against and IOO removed from the plate 4, the bar being swung in the'direction of the arrow, Fig. VII, on the pivot 27.

In one side of .the inner part of the block 10, behind the rod 19, there is formed a chamber or groove 28, the back of which is made tapering and in which fits a ball 29. When the rod 19 is pulled downwardly by the lever 23, the ball 29 wedges between the rod and the back of the groove 28 and causes the block 10, carrying the bar 8, to be moved downwardly by the rod 19. Each movement of the bar corresponds to the distance of one line on the copy, and to provide for more or less movement of the bar, according to the distance apart of the lines, the thumb-nut 25 is adjusted up or down to permit more or less throw of the rod 19 before the thumb-nut comes against the bracket 13. When the finger-piece or handle 23 is released, the spring 22 throws the rod 19 upwardly until the iinger-piece or handle comes against the upper end of the slot 24, which arrests the upward movement of the rod. As the rod thus moves upwardly the ball 29 moves upwardly in the tapering slot 28, and being thus freed the block 10, carrying the bar 8, is not carried upwardly with the rod 19.

30 represents a clip fitting over the inner part of the block 10 and the upper end of which projects into the slot 28, whereby the upper end of the clip is held to the upper end of the inner part of the block. The lower end of the clip is held to the lower end of the inner part of the block by means of a set-screw 31, the upper end of which enters the lower part of the slot 2S beneath the ball 29. When the bar 8 has reached the bottom of the plate 4 or has descended as far as the operator wishes, pressure is applied to the lower end of the screw 31, which causes the upper end of the screw to engage the ball 29 and move it upward slightly, so that it will not lock the inner part of the block to the rod 19, and

further upward movement against the screw will cause the block 10, with the bar 8, to be raised to the top of the plate 4, or as far up as the operator wishes to move it. As soon as pressure is removed from the screw 31 (the pressure is applied by simply pressing the finger against the lower end of the screw 31) the clip 30 and ball 29 drop to their normal position, the latter locking the block to the rod 19, thus holding the bar 8 in its operated position.

The device is comparatively simple and inexpensive and effectually performs the work for which it is intended.

33 represents a spring-finger the lower end of which is secured at 34 to the plate 4 and the upper end of which is bent over the plate 4, as shown in Fig. II. The function of this iinger is to hold the upper end of the copy to the plate and keep the copy from sagging down.

35 represents a bar pivoted to the lower end of the plate 4 and which may be used to press against the outer face of the copy when there is a tendency for the copy to buckle, as is apt to be the case when the paper has been folded.

We claim as our invention- 1. A copy-holder comprising a support, a fixed rod secured to the support, a block having a tapering slot and slidable on the ixed rod, a movable rod extending through the tapering slot of the block and slidable on the support, a ball located in the tapering slot and bearing against the movable rod, an indicator-bar carried by the block, and means for lowering and raising the movable rod.

2. A copy-holder comprising a support, a fixed rod secured to the support, a block having a tapering slot and slidable on the fixed rod, a movable rod extending through the tapering slot of the block and slidable on. the

support, .a ball located in the tapering slot and bearing against they movable rod, an indicator-bar carried by the block, a sliding clip fitting over the block, a set-screw extending through the clip into the tapered slot beneath the ball, and means for lowering and raising the movable rod.

3. A copy-holder comprising a support, a fixed rod secured to the support, a block having a tapering slot and-slidable on the fixed rod, a spring-plate secured to the block extending across the fixed block and bearing thereon, a movable rod extending through the tapering slot of the block and slidable on the support, a ball located in the tapering slot and bearing against the movable rod, an indicator-bar carried by the block, and means for lowering and raising the movable rod.

4. A copy-holder comprising a support, a fixed rod secured to the support, a block slidable on the `fixed rod, a movable rod slidable on the support, extending through the block, and having a Thumb-nut adjustable on the upper end thereof for limiting the throw of the movable rod, means for connecting the block to the movable rod on its downward movement, an indicator-bar carried by the block, and means for lowering and raising the movable rod.

5; A copy-holder comprising a support, an upper bracket secured to the support, a lower bracket having ears and a slot, and secured to the support, va xed rod secured in the brackets, a block slidable on the fixed rod, a movable rod extending through the tapering slot of the block and slidable in the brackets and having a handle projecting through the slot in the lower bracket, aspring surrounding the movable rod between the lower end of the lower bracket and the handle on the movable rod, means' for connecting the block with the movable rod on the downward movementl of the latter and an indicator-bar carried by the block.

JOSEPH F. FARISH. CHARLES A. DAWES. In presence of- Grno. H. KNIGHT, M. E. LOWE.

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